HL Deb 12 December 1996 vol 576 cc98-9WA
Lord Stoddart of Swindon

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Whether they will publish in the Official Report a table showing the number of (a) women and (b) men employed in non-industrial grades on 1st April 1996 in (i) the Civil Service as a whole and (ii) each of the following departments, giving the relative proportions in each case: the Inland Revenue; the Department for Education and Employment; the Department of Health; the Home Office; the Department of Social Security; the Welsh Office; and the Crown Prosecution Service.

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Ministry of Defence (Earl Howe)

The numbers and proportions of men and women permanently employed

Department Women Men Total Staff Women as Percentage of Total Men as Percentage of Total
Inland Revenue 35,888 23,911 59,799 60.0 40.0
Education and Employment 29,952 13,326 43,278 69.2 30.8
Health 2,685 2,217 4,902 54.8 45.2
Home Office 5,870 6,376 12,246 47.9 52.1
Social Security 65,712 31,562 97,274 67.6 32.4
Welsh Office 1,115 1,043 2,158 51.7 48.3
Crown Prosecution Service 4,052 2,429 6,481 62.5 37.5
Civil Service Total 243,882 234,199 478,081 51.0 49.0

Source:

Civil Service Statistics 1996.

Further details and figures for other departments can be found in Table 1D of Civil Service Statistics 1996, a copy of which is in the Library.